Veneer is the debut studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter José González. It was released on 29 October 2003, in Sweden, 25 April 2005 in the rest of Europe and on 6 September 2005 in the United States.

Track listing

Two-disc special edition "Storm" "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division) "Suggestions" "Down the Hillside" "Sensing Owls" "Hand on Your Heart" (Kylie Minogue) "Instrumental"

Singles "Heartbeats" (9 January 2006) b/w: "Suggestions" "Crosses" (10 April 2006) b/w: "Storm"

Personnel José González – vocals, guitars, percussion Stefan Sporsén – trumpet on "Broken Arrows"

Charts

Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for Veneer Chart (2003–2006) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 52

Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Veneer Chart Year Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 2003 50 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 2004 56 UK Albums (OCC) 2006 58

Certifications and sales

!scope="row"|Worldwide | |1,000,000

References